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Aetomylaeus
Temporal range: 5–0 Ma
Pliocene to Present[1]
Aetomylaeus bovinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Aetomylaeus
Garman, 1908
Synonyms

Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 [2]

Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Aetomylaeus asperrimus (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) Rough eagle ray [2] Panama and the Galapagos Islands
Aetomylaeus bovinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [2] Bull ray coasts of Europe and Africa.
Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus W. T. White, Last & Baje, 2015 Blue-banded eagle ray[3] northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea
Aetomylaeus maculatus (J. E. Gray, 1834) Mottled eagle ray India to China and Indonesia.
Aetomylaeus milvus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) Smooth eagle ray Red Sea to China, south to Indonesia.
Aetomylaeus nichofii (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) Banded eagle ray Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, possibly Maldives
Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852) Ornate eagle ray coasts of Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Palau, Philippines, Seychelles, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand
Aetomylaeus wafickii (Jabado, Ebert & Al Dhaheri, 2022) Wafic’s eagle ray[4] Oman,United Arab Emirates


The recognized extinct species:[5]

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
  2. ^ a b c White, W.T. (2014). "A revised generic arrangement for the eagle ray family Myliobatidae, with definitions for the valid genera". Zootaxa. 3860 (2): 149–166. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.2.3. PMID 25283197.
  3. ^ White, W.T.; Last, P.R. & Baje, L. (2015). "Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea". Ichthyological Research. 63 (1): 94–109. doi:10.1007/s10228-015-0480-9. S2CID 18638667.
  4. ^ Jabado, R.W.; Ebert, D.A. & Al Dhaheri, S.S. (2022). "Resolution of the Aetomylaeus nichofii species complex, with the description of a new eagle ray species from the northwest Indian Ocean and a key to the genus Aetomylaeus (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae)". Marine Biodiversity. 52: Article 15.
  5. ^ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.